Tuesday, December 27, 2011

What's on my Nightstand -- December 2011

Forgive the lack of formatting or pictures or anything. I've been visting family, and have forgone computer time for real-time interactions with real-life breathing people. Crazy, right? I've also interacted with my new Kindle Fire< and some real books too.
On my Nightstand this month, I have some books that will help me reach my new goal for 2012 (find out more about that in the On Reading column this Sunday at 5 Minutes for Books). I also have review titles, of course.

As soon as Amanda finishes Crossed by Ally Condie (the sequel to Matched) I'll be reading that for a Scholastic book club review that I need to post this week.

Hopefully One Moment, One Morning is waiting for me when I get back home so that I can do a quick read for an upcoming giveaway.

I got a lovely note from author Katherine Applegate asking if I'd like to review her new middle grade fiction novel The One and Only Ivan. I was a bit star-struck to be honest, because Katherine Applegate is a very well-published author. This book looks quite different from her other titles like Animorphs.

My older guys and I loved the Animorph books. I thought Applegate was a great writer, but her series after that didn't look like our kind of fare. Glad to know she's still writing. I don't think I'm familiar with the others except of course Job's biography. I'm not planning to read it at this point, but I keep hearing so much about it my interest is getting piqued.

Always some interesting books on your nightstand. I'm interested in the Steve Jobs book...still trying to decide whether I want to listen to it or read it. The One and Only Ivan has me intrigued, as I find myself enjoying middle grade fiction more and more. And I'm looking forward to reading The Next Story with you!